three-base hit

[three-beys] / ˈθriˌbeɪs /

NOUN

baseball hit allowing batter to get to third base

Synonyms

WEAK

three-bagger three-base shot triple

Example Sentences

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Jaso’s triple gave the Pirates a three-base hit in each of the first three games of a season for the first time since 1910, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

From Washington Times • Apr. 6, 2016

Stepping to bat with two out and two on base, "Red" Rolfe of the Yankees then walloped a three-base hit, scoring himself a minute later.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was a player of much experience, and in the eighth inning, when he came to bat, he made a three-base hit.

From The New Boy at Hilltop by Barbour, Ralph Henry

Gardner began the second inning with a three-base hit to right field and scored on a wild pitch.

From Spalding's Official Baseball Guide - 1913 by

So that is how we started in To do our share—the Navy's "bit"; They were surprised, but Admiral Sims Had surely made a three-base hit With what he said....

From With the Colors Songs of the American Service by Appleton, Everard Jack